The Banter of Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)

[Beatrice, with a twinkle in her eye and a playful tone, delivers these lines in a lively courtyard, engaging in her usual spirited banter. Her words are sharp and humorous, embodying her independent and witty character.]

He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man: and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him: therefore I will even take sixpence in earnest of the bear-ward, and lead his apes into hell.